Assessment of outcome of ligamentotaxis of fracture distal end radius by distractor apparatus

Abstract

Materials & Methods: A total of 20 patients who reported with the fracture of distal end radius were enrolled. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained. Clinical and radiographic examination of all the patients was carried out. All the surgical procedures were carried out under the hands of skilled and experienced orthopaedic surgeons. Patient was discharged from hospital depending upon the local condition and was called for follow up in out-patient department every three weeks till the fracture unites. Gartland and Werley criteria were used for assessing the outcome. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software.